Rutherglen MSP Clare Haughey said the announcement offers “firm grounds for optimism” for the coming months. However, the Royal Burgh comes under the South Lanarkshire region, which remains one of Scotland’s worst affected by Covid-19.That could see it placed in one of the highest tiers, with restrictions on shopping, eating out and transport still encouraged even as the full national lockdown is eased.The most recent stats for coronavirus show that the region is faring worse than the Scottish national average.The national average for the positive rate per 100,000 population over the past seven days is 103.9 – but in South Lanarkshire it is 125.7.The national test positivity rate for the past seven days sits at 5.1 per cent, while in South.
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